Is this a MIRACLE? Excited locals flock to see a statue of the Virgin Mary 'with tears running down her cheeks' at a church in Paraguay

  • The phenomenon was spotted by a local at church of Santa Librada in Villarrica
  • Footage shows the statue of the Virgin with a drop of liquid in her eyes
  • Witness said: 'I hope this could help for peace and people will not fight anymore'

Locals flocked to see a statue of the Virgin Mary after it began 'weeping tears' at a church in Paraguay.

The Virgin was seen with what appeared to be tears running down her cheeks in the church of Santa Librada in the city of Villarrica. 

One young woman even fainted after witnessing the phenomenon, according to witnesses. 

The Virgin was seen with what appeared to be tears running down her cheeks in the church of Santa Librada in the city of Villarrica

The Virgin was seen with what appeared to be tears running down her cheeks in the church of Santa Librada in the city of Villarrica

Zully de Meaurio, who claimed to have spotted the phenomenon, said: 'I went to the church with my makeup box and when I approached the Virgin I saw that it had water in one of the eyes. 

'I called my husband and told him, look at this, she is crying, she has water! And then I grabbed my mobile phone and started to record it.'

The video shows the statue of the Virgin with a drop of liquid in her eyes.

A woman in the background can be heard saying: 'She wants us to pray, she wants us to pray.'

One young woman even fainted after witnessing the phenomenon, according to witnesses

One young woman even fainted after witnessing the phenomenon, according to witnesses

Ms De Meaurio then started to cry and called her husband and all the neighbours in the area. 

Another witness said: 'I was called by Zully and went to the church and started crying as she was also crying.'

Zully de Meaurio, who claimed to have spotted the phenomenon, said: 'I went to the church with my makeup box and when I approached the Virgin I saw that it had water in one of the eyes'

Zully de Meaurio, who claimed to have spotted the phenomenon, said: 'I went to the church with my makeup box and when I approached the Virgin I saw that it had water in one of the eyes'

One of the neighbours near the church said: 'I hope this could help for peace, so that our authorities will not fight anymore.'

According to local media, the church is small temple but boasts a large congregation.

Only a very small number of similar occurrences have been accepted by the Catholic Church as valid miracles, with numerous others proven to be hoaxes.

But it has accepted some modern events as miracles, such as the recovery from Parkinson's Disease of Marie Simon-Pierre, attributed to the late Pope John Paul II.

Claims of miracles that are never confirmed by the Church are common.

Last year, a Mexican man claimed that a statue of the Virgin Mary he kept in his house had been weeping blood for four months.